Education Waiver for Very Low Risk Projects

The IRB waives the education requirement for surveys and interviews with adults that are innocuous. The IRB makes the final determination of whether training is required. A protocol application (the abbreviated protocol application form) is required for all studies.

Education waiver studies must meet the all of the following:

1)studies with adult subjects

2)surveys and interviews (including focus groups)

3)IRB review concludes questions are innocuous

Your study may qualify for education exemption if you can answer 'no' to ALL questions below. The IRB will then evaluate your abstract and the actual survey or interview questions you will use for a final decision.